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Some 200,000 people took to the streets of Barcelona after a judge ordered the detention of two Catalan separatist leaders, further inflaming tensions over Catalonia's chaotic referendum on splitting from Spain. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin joins hands with the leaders of the newly annexed Moscow-occupied regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, chanting 'Russia!'. The President and the four leaders sign an annexation treaty in the St George’s Hall at the Kremlin, in front of Russian deputies and senators. IMAGES
Barcelona, Jun 23 (EFE).- (Camera: EFE) The nine jailed Catalan separatist leaders pardoned by the Spanish government started to leave the prisons where they were serving sentences of nine to 13 years in jail for their involvement in the illegal and ill-fated referendum and declaration of independence in 2017. FOOTAGE OF THE CATALAN SEPARATIST LEADERS LEAVING THE LLEDONERS PRISON
Bangkok, Mar 30 (EFE/EPA).- Thai protesters staged Tuesday another anti-government rally near the government house calling for the political and monarchy reform and the release of jailed protest leaders who were charged with lese majeste and sedition. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THAI PROTESTERS GATHER DURING AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTSET NEAR THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Thai pro-democracy protesters gather near the headquarters of the Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) in Bangkok, as police summoned 12 of their leaders to answer charges of royal defamation, the first use of the draconian law in almost three years. IMAGES
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain over a failed 2017 independence bid, draws vast crowds of supporters to a rally in southern France near the Catalan border. It is the first time the former Catalan president has ventured so close to the Spanish frontier since he fled to Brussels to escape prosecution following the failed secession bid that sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades. IMAGES